The Daily Paulitics

I decided to pursue the idea of a spin-off political blog. It’ll be a little more professional, a little less personal, but just as much fun. It will also probably updated more than this one with some late-breaking political commentary. As such, there will be no more political posts on here, but just click the link to the right –> to check out my “paulitical” commentary.

Super/Fat/Celebration Tuesday

Well, I was wrong about the Super Bowl. Unbelievably, incomprehensibly wrong. And that’s A-OK with me. I am very happy that the Giants won the game, knocking off the Patriots* and rendering their 18-0 (now 18-1) record absolutely meaningless. Congrats to the Giants, maybe us Jets fans will get a break one of these days.

There was a parade in Manhattan today for the G-Men, and it’s also Fat Tuesday in New Orleans. And it’s also Super Tuesday. So I hope you’ve been gettin’ out the vote. Speaking of that, I’ve had an idea to spin off a politics-only blog from this one. I’m not sure about that yet, but I think it would be a cool idea as the primary season heats up and November draws closer. Hmmm. The more I think about it, the more I like it.

I’m also going to sign up for bartending school tomorrow as I continue to look for a job AND think about graduate school. I need some quick cash, and I like the whole idea of mixology, so why not? Looks like we hit all three categories (soon to be only 2???) in this post.

Hillary + Obama

Last night was the final Democratic debate before Super Tuesday. Held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and hosted by CNN, you better believe that all the left-wing Hollywood nutjobs were in attendance, praising the candidates and themselves for being such warriors for the middle and lower class. Both candidates pledged that would raise taxes for those who make more than $250,000 yearly, and all the millionaires in the audience couldn’t stop thinking how great it would be to write checks on behalf of their choking liberal guilt.

But an interesting thing happened: while everyone was expecting Hillary and Barack to go at each other’s throats, they each spent more time praising the other candidate, and acknowledging all the characteristics they have in common (hatred for Republicans was the one most mentioned).

At the end of the debate, Wolf Blitzer asked both candidates if they would ever consider having their counterpart as their running mate, to which the political geniuses in the audience cheered wildly. The idea was vaguely dismissed by Hillary and Obama, but the thought still lingered long after they were done complimenting each other.

To imagine such a ticket, Hillary-Obama/Obama-Hillary, is a little too much for me to swallow. A woman AND an African-American running for President/VP, against the “evil” Republicans. They would win by a landslide; we would have socialized healthcare in this country faster than Giuliani making another 9/11 reference. It would not inspire me with much confidence. And by much, I mean any.